Man Faces Dui Charge After Near Crash With Patrol Car

April 19, 2006|The Morning Call

BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP

A Lower Saucon Township man was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after nearly striking a police cruiser with his vehicle as he left a bar parking lot early Thursday, Bethlehem Township police said.

David Frey, 45, of 2392 Cabin Lane, had a blood-alcohol level of .21 percent, police said. He was tested at the Bethlehem DUI Center.

According to police, shortly after 1 a.m. after Frey backed his vehicle out of a parking lot at the DA Bar, 2110 Willow Park Road, and nearly collided with a marked police car.

Frey failed field sobriety tests, police said, and was arrested. A summons will be mailed.